[Onthebarricades] Fw: On the Barricades - South Asia

Andy ldxar1 at tesco.net
Mon Nov 21 21:18:17 PST 2005 


NAGALAND:  Protesters torch government offices after police injure protesters in lathicharge

Protests are continuing over an ethnic dispute with Manipur

http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=Naga+students+protest+govt+decision&id=75717

 

INDIA:  "Minor unrest" at factory after Dalit self-immolates
http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/29/stories/2005042918860300.htm
Electricity workers stage dharna
http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEK20050519012631&Page=K&Title=Southern+News+-+Karnataka&Topic=0

Fisherfolk march on parliament
http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/26/stories/2005042603750500.htm
Miners' strike shuts down Indian colliery
http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/26/stories/2005042604240600.htm
http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/27/stories/2005042709410400.htm
http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/23/stories/2005042310020400.htm
Lecturers start relay hunger strike to protest sacking
http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/26/stories/2005042602870300.htm
Electricity strike in Punjab
http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/21/stories/2005042105420300.htm
Chennai textile strike ends with deal
http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews/newsitem.asp?NEWSID=%7B8F43D9E4-B719-411C-B2E8-6A5B6471609A%7D&CATEGORYNAME=Tamil+Nadu
Nurses' strike shuts down hospital
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=125795
Drug suppliers launch indefinite strike
http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/06/stories/2005040614000300.htm
Tirupati teachers hold dharna over unpaid wages
http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/05/stories/2005040502180300.htm
College teachers demonstrate
http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/09/stories/2005040910790300.htm
Food workers mobilise against privatisation

http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=138646

http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=138808

Elementary school teachers protest for regularisation

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1954

Doctors protest over cost-cutting

http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?storyflag=y&leftnm=lmnu2&leftindx=2&lselect=1&chklogin=N&autono=188266

University staff and students protest against political expulsions; boycott call empties campus

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050418/asp/calcutta/story_4616269.asp

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050419/asp/calcutta/story_4630712.asp

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050420/asp/calcutta/story_4634882.asp

Flash strike by Kochi bus workers

http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/03/stories/2005060319020300.htm

Boss besieged by transport workers

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050531/asp/siliguri/story_4806615.asp

Strike/lockout in contract dispute closes Apollo Tyres

http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=131862

Relay fasters demand reinstatement of sacked workers

http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/01/stories/2005060114220300.html

Sugar mill workers stage protests against privatisation

http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=132069

EPSL workers stage protest against sackings and retrenchment

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050602/cth1.htm#18

Demonstration held over job insecurity and safety

http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/jun32005/district18463200562.asp

Informal steel workers strike over wages and other issues

http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/03/stories/2005060320600300.htm

Nurses stage strike over management harassment

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050526/asp/calcutta/story_4785927.asp

Teachers stage candlelit protest over poor services

http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=131191

Dispute at jute mill - lockout begins

http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/27/stories/2005052703880500.htm

Hawkers protest against non-recognition, privatisation and layoffs

http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=131220

Massive protest against privatisation in Punjab

Protest against privatisation of government schools

http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=131349

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050528/ldh2.htm

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050517/punjab1.htm#11

Power loom strike in Karnataka

http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/28/stories/2005052800710300.htm

Strike halts tea production in Assam

http://www.zeenews.com/links/articles.asp?ssid=50&aid=217768&newsid=BUS

http://www.libcom.org/newswire/stories.php?story=05/07/11/7696808

 'Anganawadi' workers stage dharna seeking wage revision

http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/20/stories/2005052012900300.htm

Farm workers' strike called off after talks

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/05/20/stories/2005052001091700.htm

Workers at small employees' organisation protest over planned layoffs

http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=130315

Wholesale market workers stage protest, strike

http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/21/stories/2005052108600300.htm

Coca-Cola workers demand reopening of plant condemned by campaigners

http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/24/stories/2005052408730300.htm

Punjab cycle workers stage rally over attack on rights

http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=129081

Karnataka plantation workers stage protest

http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/13/stories/2005051303800300.htm

Assistant cooks hold rally

http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/may132005/district202432005512.asp

UP railway workers strike over suspension

http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/14/stories/2005051411260500.htm

Contract workers' dharna 

HYDERABAD: Fifty persons working on contract basis at the Marri Channa Reddy Human Resources Development Institute staged a dharna on the campus on Wednesday seeking justice.

http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/02/stories/2005060215730400.htm

Bandh callThe all-Assam Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes Unemployed's Association has called a 12-hour state bandh from 6 am on Monday, demanding filling up of about 30,000 vacant posts in government departments as backlog for SC and ST candidates.

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050530/asp/northeast/story_4803792.asp

Construction workers arrested 

CUDDALORE: Over 900 construction workers were arrested in Cuddalore district when they staged a demonstration in support of their demands that included payment of pension and family pension.

http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/18/stories/2005051806690301.htm

Ghatshila: Employees of Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) will go on a day's token strike in support of their demands on June 1. Jharkhand Copper Majdoor Union general secretary Devi PrasadMukherjee said HCL leaders will meet Union mines minister Shishram Ola and submit a four-point charter of demands, which includes re-opening of Sidheshwar Chapri open cast mines, increasing the capacity of flash smelter at Maubhandar factory from 16,000 to 32,000, implementing wage revision which is pending since 1997 and increasing the retirement age of employees from 58 to 60 years. Mukherjee said if the HCL management does not take any positive step to implement the wage revision, the workers will go on strike.

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050520/asp/ranchi/story_4762427.asp#5

Student protesters stage bandh - oil and gas sites shut down

http://www.reuters.co.in/locales/c_newsArticle.jsp?type=businessNews&localeKey=en_IN&storyID=8516600

Chennai trade unionists protest against foreign investment and demand end to anti-union laws

http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=82536&cat=India

http://newstodaynet.com/17may/rf5.htm

Massive tea strike in West Bengal over poverty wages (collection of stories)

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/2130

West Bengal tea strike ends with wage deal

http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=100656&n_date=20050726&cat=Business

Strike in textile town demands action on pollutants

http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=100634&cat=India

Indian truckers paralyse border in protest over truck seizures in Bangladesh

http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/jul262005/national202282005725.asp

Postal workers protest over impact of merger

http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=141253

Pepsico hires scabs as strike continues

http://www.libcom.org/newswire/stories.php?story=05/07/10/5308830

Mayday protests

http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/05/04india.html

Kerala and Punjab government workers strike

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jul2005/labo-j30.shtml

Aluminium workers strike, telecom workers protest

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jul2005/labo-j23.shtml

Power workers, bank workers and teachers take action

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jul2005/labo-j16.shtml

Andhra Pradesh transport workers on strike over bankruptcy

Power workers protest for unpaid salaries

Water workers demonstrate

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jul2005/lab-j09.shtml

Teachers, cashew workers demonstrate

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jul2005/lab-j02.shtml

Tamil Nadu bank workers protest

College teachers stage short strike

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/aug2005/labo-a27.shtml

Hunger strikes, protests by health workers

Municipal workers, dam workers, and biscuit factory workers hold protests

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/aug2005/labo-a20.shtml

Childcare workers protest over wages

Small business employees protest over job cuts

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/may2005/labo-m28.shtml

Kolkata bank strike

Tamil Nadu transport workers walk out

Punjab electronic workers protest retrenchment

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jun2005/labo-j25.shtml

Indefinite strike by steelworkers

Auto-workers walk out in Jharkand

Power strike in Tamil Nadu

Childcare workers strike

Dockworkers hold pickets against privatisation

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jun2005/labo-j18.shtml

Chemical workers continue strike

Steel workers walk out, electronic workers protest

Tamil Nadu electric workers strike, Calcutta nurses launch work boycott

Construction workers demonstrate

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jun2005/labo-j11.shtml

Kerala farm workers hunger strike

Tamil Nadu transport workers protest for pay rise

Cooperative workers, plantation workers, unemployed demonstrate

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/may2005/lab-m21.shtml

Rickshaw drivers protest ban

Headload workers blockade Kerala state office

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/may2005/lab-m14.shtml

Coir factory workers strike in Kerala

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/may2005/labo-m07.shtml

 

Textile workers' demonstration 

SALEM: Members of textile associations staged a demonstration here on Wednesday as part of their State-wide agitation called by the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Tamil Nadu Textile Workers' Unions in support of their charter of demands. The police arrested 321 agitators and released them in the evening. In Namakkal, the police arrested 209 members of textile unions and released them later

http://www.hindu.com/2005/07/28/stories/2005072801500300.htm

 

INDIA LABOUR NEWS:

Railway workers hold protest at gate over pay

Mill workers arrested protesting for bailout and other demands

Cashew workers hold relay hunger strike over pay; get concessions

Unemployed Mangalore chemical workers hold dharna

Punjab teachers hold protests over detention of strikers

Passport and port staff protest over privatisation

Strike in Tirupur mill town over dyeing closures

Bank workers hold rally for nationalisation

Anganwadi workers protest

Tamil Nadu government workers stage rally for reinstatement

Nurses stage one-day strike

Ex-university staff member goes on hunger strike over alleged nonpayment of dues

Jailed teachers go on hunger strike after being arrested for protesting at minister's house over casualisation

Farmers protest fuel prices

Biochemical workers protest over betrayal of promises on wages

Beedi workers protest for minimum wage

Fruit vendors demand end to raids

Kerala state finance workers strike over sacking of managers for strike action

Construction workers demand pay increase

Balco construction workers stage walkout over death of worker, trash company vehicles

Workers protest anti-union policies of government

Health inspectorate workers protest outsourcing

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/2132

Cashew workers go on fast

Valparai plantation workers strike over wages

Hospital workers go on hunger strike

Relatives of jailed teachers burn effigy

University workers stage demo over vacancies

Telephone exchange workers continue protests

Lawyers strike against vacancies

Medicine companies targeted by protesters for anti-union practices

University staff protest over manhandling by librarian

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/2137

Andhra Pradesh miners strike for pay increase

Power workers strike over privatisation

Textile workers strike over bonuses

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/apr2005/labo-a30.shtml

Childcare workers stage sit-down in Ludhiana

Dockworkers protest for wages

University staff demand reinstatements

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/apr2005/labo-a16.shtml

Police arrest hundreds of workers as textile and government workers protest

Tamil Nadu railworkers protest

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/aug2005/labo-a06.shtml

Workers protest over conditions in Andhra Pradesh

Kerala bank workers march

Textile workers protest  closure

Punjab income tax staff strike

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/aug2005/lab-a13.shtml

 

 

 

Grounded flight sparks passenger protest

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050417/asp/nation/story_4625282.asp

Protesters disrupt train services in protest over service cutbacks

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050711/asp/jamshedpur/story_4974907.asp

 

NEW DELHI: Hundreds of irate residents of a south Delhi neighbourhood took to the streets on Sunday to protest against their water pipes running dry (Newindpress)

Leftist protest over fuel prices disrupts traffic

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1154939.cms

Javadpur students stage march in solidarity with hunger strikers

http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=304884

 

Students protest against new IIT admission rule
Hindustan Times - India
Angered by the Government's decision to restrict admission into IITs only for those with 60 per cent marks, about a hundred students on Tuesday held a protest.

New IIT rules: Students protest in Delhi
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
... Technology have been changed. "We are here to protest against the new entrance exam procedures," said a student. 

 

 

"Bar girls" protest against ban

http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=Bar+girls+in+Delhi+to+protest+against+ban&id=71399

http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=33353&version=1&template_id=40&parent_id=22

Mumbai traders continue anti-VAT shutdown

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1079486.cms

 "Bar girls" take protest to premier's constituency

http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=Bar+girls+protest+in+Patil's+constituency&id=73034

Outrage after police attack poverty rally

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1615

Hawkers disrupt trains in protest over accident death

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050705/asp/calcutta/story_4949918.asp

Kolkata sex workers march to demand legalisation
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1094337.cms

Protests over poor roads in Bangalore, and over byelaw crackdown in Koramangla

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3183

 

Traders continue protest           

Our Correspondent / Mangalore November 07, 2005   

The meeting of trade bodies of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh which was held here on Saturday under the auspices of the Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI). It unanimously resolved to continue their non-compliance by not paying service tax till it is withdrawn.  The meeting decided to form a confederation of southern states federation of commerce and industry based in New Delhi to liaise with the Union government on matters concerning members of the trade bodies. It also decided to intensify its non-compliance of payment of service tax by consigners/consignees.  A Srinivas Rao, president of KCCI felt that the government was treating traders as second class citizens and making them a victim for the budget deficit. Vishwanath Kamath, chairman of the action committee urged the government to abolish service tax imposed on traders.  The meeting was presided over by S Babu, president, Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry.         

http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?storyflag=y&leftnm=lmnu2&leftindx=2&lselect=1&chklogin=N&autono=204768

 

Protest by journalists over police abuse forces government inquiry

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050830/main5.htm

Hunger strike at Nagpur jail over transfer of official

http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=Nagpur+jail+inmates+protest+DIG%92s+transfer&id=73769

 

Farmers blockade road and protest at office over electricity non-payment crackdown

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050531/punjab1.htm#26

Kerala farm workers stage fast (NOTE: this campaign later ended in agreement)

http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/17/stories/2005051710950300.htm

Prisoners break out while in transit

http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20050707-05535200-bc-india-jailbreak.xml

Nagpur prisoners go on hunger strike to protest transfer

http://www.arap.so36.net/prison/riot/riot2005.html

Bangalore local language activists storm IT business site, stone campus

http://www.uniontribune.org/news/computing/20050928-0753-tech-india-language.html

Farmers protest land grab in Uttar Pradesh

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3084

 

Transport workers stage AIDS awareness rally

http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/16/stories/2005051608650300.htm

Protests over tsunami aid irregularities in Kerala

http://mathaba.net/x.htm?http://mathaba.net/0_index.shtml?x=212268

Residents protest at Ludhiana council meeting over sewage, water shortages and other issues

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/2132

Kashmiri Pandits protest over relocation

http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=304154

Protest in Kerala over failure to build sea wall after tsunami

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/2740

Demonstrators demand a right to work

http://www.flonnet.com/fl2212/stories/20050617001804400.htm

Monsoon Death Toll in India Passes 850; Hundreds Protest
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
BOMBAY, India -- Hundreds of angry demonstrators blocked traffic for hours Saturday to demand restoration of drinking water and electricity.

 

Naxalites take up pesticide pollution to seek support

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1622

Activists gather to oppose river diversions

http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=43189

Hundreds of environmentalists protest channel building; mass arrests made

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2005/July/subcontinent_July71.xml&section=subcontinent&col=

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1948

Animal rights activists protest against animal sacrifice

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3129

 

Feminists protest over naming of settlement in honour of sati

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1731

Gay rights activists protest criminalisation of gay lifestyles

http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=Gay+activists+protest+in+Mumbai&id=77519

 

Plachimada protesters against Coca-Cola attacked, arrested en masse

http://www.indiaresource.org/news/2005/1065.html

Major rally in Plachimada against Coca-Cola
http://www.indiaresource.org/news/2005/1036.html

Residents protest Coca-Cola with flyposters

http://www.ndtv.com/money/showbusinessstory.asp?slug=Coke+unit+faces+protest&id=26159

Another protest against Coke, this time in Gangikodan

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3068

 

Students protest over alleged deliberate failings at MS University, Vadodara

http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=138704

Nursing students protest over fees

http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=139377

 

Tibetans rally against visit by Chinese tyrant

http://www.tibet.ca/en/wtnarchive/2005/4/10_6.html

Indian Tamils protest slander by Sri Lankan minister

http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=15539

Sikhs demonstrate for independence

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050607/asp/nation/story_4836313.asp

Pro-opposition students revolt in Kerala

http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/004200507022023.htm

Sikhs stage protests over hearings on pogroms; police attack protesters with water cannons

http://www.panthic.org/news/125/ARTICLE/1665/2005-08-14.html?sid=7be98dc73db5a94a970e6d7a35fa0381

http://www.panthic.org/news/126/ARTICLE/1671/2005-08-14.html?sid=c6c687a9b47706248509614a7ad517d8

Dalits hold strike and protests over pogroms by upper-caste opponents

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4216290.stm

 

 

The People For The Ethical Treatment  Of
Animals,Sanjeevani,Animal Rights Fund staged a silent
protest on Thursday at the Mahatma Gandhi statue on
M.G. Road (Bangalore, Karnataka, India)against the
death of the circus animals in Mumbai last Monday. The
protestors were dressed in black and mourning. 

As many as 21 animals - four sea lions, 10 dogs and
seven cats - were burned to death as the event
management company that had brought the circus from
Russia had abandoned the animals. They were imprisoned
in three rooms which caught fire. Only three dogs
survived, though they suffered severe burns and are
undergoing treatment.

 

MEGHALAYA:  Opposition activists attack home of politician

Students and others call bandhs as agitation for a Garo state intensifies

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050626/asp/frontpage/story_4916195.asp

 

PAKISTAN: Villagers protest over army land grab

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_13-4-2005_pg7_17

 

Massive telecom strike against privatisation

http://au.news.yahoo.com/050530/19/uj45.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4593753.stm

Striking workers under attack from army - workers arrested using terrorism laws

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1847

Victory for telecom strike - strike called off as privatisation postponed indefinitely

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4610167.stm

Successful strike at PTCL telecom service against privatisation

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1921

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1916

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1913

Workers occupy, defend PTCL HQ

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1920

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/2009

Army to occupy installations

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1979

Collection of articles on PTCL

http://www.socialistworld.net/index2.html?/category/telecom.html

The strike from beginning to end.

Workers strike against privatisation

http://www.socialistworld.net/index2.html?/category/telecom.html

Complete shutdown across Pakistan

http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/05/26apakistan.html

Strike continues as negotiations fail, crackdown begins

http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/05/26pakistanb.html

http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/05/29pakistan.html

http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/01pakistan.html

Ten-day strike forces retreat - privatisation postponed indefinitely

http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/04pakistan.html

http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/06pakistan.html

Negotiations with government break down

http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/07pakistan.html

Workers re-occupy PTCL HQ in protest after breakdown of talks

http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/08pakistan.html

Repression escalates as conflict continues

http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/08pakistan.html

http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/15pakistan.html

Strike resumes, remains solid in spite of sell-out

http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/16pakistan.html

Strike ends after three weeks in partial defeat - privatisation begins, but with big concessions to workers and the possibility of further action if it continues

http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/21pakistan.html

Report of agreement between management and PTCL, weeks after strike

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_5-8-2005_pg7_1

More on PTCL

http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/07/11pakistan.html

http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/21pakistan.html

http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/16pakistan.html

http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/15pakistan.html

http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/08pakistan.html

http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/04pakistan.html

http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/05/29pakistan.html

http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/05/26pakistanb.html

http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/05/26apakistan.html

http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/2005/398/index.html?id=np2.htm

http://www.workersliberty.org/node/view/4360

http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=6650

http://www.socialistworker.org/2005-2/549/549_11_Pakistan.shtml

August - new phase of PTCL struggle begins

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cmkp_pk/message/2933

Protests at Pakistani embassies across Europe

Pakistani consulate occupied in Glasgow; warship picketed in Ireland

http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/16pakistanlobbies.html

http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/02pakistan.html

http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/27irelandc.html

http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/23scotland.html

 

 

Fisherfolk rally against contract system, arrests; hold token hunger strike

http://www.pff.org.pk/article.php3?id_article=58

http://www.pff.org.pk/article.php3?id_article=57

Fisherfolk stage protest over economic issues and repression

http://www.kashar.net/technews/complete.asp?id=1118

A prominent women's rights activist was detained for organizing a road run to protest the government's ban on women taking part in marathons alongside men.

 

Police arrested more than 40 participants from several NGOs and political activists before the start of marathon race organized by Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and Joint Action Committee. Arrested people included Asima Jahangir, Hina Jilani, Farooq Tariq, Senator Iqbal Haider, Azra Shad, Riffat Maqsood, Shamim Aslam, Nasir Iqbal, Shahtaj Qazalbash, Muhammad Tehsin, Gulnar and Janisar Baloach. 

 

Marathon Race was planned from Qazafi Stadium to Qalma Chowk but the city government stopped the race and arrested participants. Police severely tortured during the arrests, especially women were dragged from hair. Police also tortured women inside the van after the arrests. All the arrested activists were released after one hour. 


Khalid Mahmood

 

Mixed marathon attacked by cops

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_15-5-2005_pg1_3

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_22-5-2005_pg1_2

Victory for campaign against political dismissal at Quetta hotel

http://www.iuf.org/cgi-bin/dbman/db.cgi?db=default&uid=default&ID=2203&view_records=1&ww=1&en=1

Union announces success in unionising Coca-Cola plants

http://www.iuf.org/cgi-bin/dbman/db.cgi?db=default&uid=default&ID=2193&view_records=1&ww=1&en=1

Concessions end trainee doctors' strike

http://www.dawn.com/2005/07/04/nat37.htm

Deprived worker threatens to self-immolate

http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/jul2005-daily/12-07-2005/metro/i13.htm

Protests over attacks on madrassahs

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/2190

http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=8575

Mayday activities in 18 cities

http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/05/02pakistan.html

Protest in Peshawar over ban on female local election candidates

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cmkp_pk/message/2812

Health employees protest over jobs

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/apr2005/labo-a30.shtml

University lecturers force reinstatement of sacked professor

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/apr2005/lab-a23.shtml

Opposition general strike unsuccessful

http://news.monstersandcritics.com/southasia/article_1047042.php/Pakistan_strike_is_largely_ignored

Protests over planned crackdown on Islamists

http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/07/22/musharraf050722.html

"Walk for Justice" in support of hotel workers

http://www.iuf.org/cgi-bin/dbman/db.cgi?db=default&uid=default&ID=2356&view_records=1&ww=1&en=1

Thousands take part in Mayday protests
In Lahore, workers block roads and burn tyres
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050501/wl_sthasia_afp/maydaypakistan_050501101134
Police disrupt commemmoration of slain unionist
http://lnn.laborstart.org/more.php?id=430_0_1_0_M
Police attack refugee protest in quake-hit town

Refugees were marching to protest demolition of a makeshift refugee camp

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20051111-1626-southasia-quake-protest.html

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3174

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3176

 

Labour Party Pakistan women leader beaten up by police

Nazli Javed, national finance secretary of LPP and a Lahore local body counselor was severely beaten up by police on 3rd May during the journalist demonstration at Mall Road Lahore. 

She bravely fought with the police when the police started beaten charge. She snatched the stick of one police constable after he and some other attacked her. She started beating the police constables who started running away. Nazli did not run away even after the rain of lathi charge on her. Instead she kept the traditions of Okara peasant women who had several times fought with police using the wooden sticks. Several LPP comrades came to her help and fought with her against the police brutality. 

Nazli photographed being beaten up was printed in several national dailies including Daily Express.  
Now she has several blue spots on her body.

Building a resistance culture is one of the priorities of LPP in recent times. This was a fine example of that. Fighting with the section of working class and showing examples of bravery.

I was yesterday at Punjab Journalist Union office and every one was of full praise of Nazli. 
Farooq Tariq 

general secretary 

Labour Party Pakistan

 

Rape protest includes self-immolation

http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1734450,00.html

 

 

SINDH

The Long March from Sukkur to Karachi

Sindh Confronts Musharraf With March of Thousands Against Kalabagh Dam

Special SAT Report

KARACHI, March 28: As General Pervez Musharraf continues his officially sponsored rallies to lobby for the Kalabagh Dam, thousands of Sindhis have been marching with their nationalist leaders from Sukkur to Karachi against the proposed Dam, with their rally ending with a huge demo before the Chief Minister House in Karachi today.

But while the entire spectrum of Sindhi activists has joined hands for the cause, their 685 kilometers Long March has been largely ignored or down-played by the mainstream Pakistani news media, ostensibly under Army pressure.

Leaders of the Awami Tehrik, including Rasul Buksh Paleejo have been making fiery speeches in the last two weeks during their march and participation in their rallies have seen from a few hundred men and women to thousands. The remarkable aspect, however, has been the focused attention paid by the Sindhi Press to not just the anti-Dam rhetoric but to the larger anti-Punjab sentiment in Sindh.

Among the mainstream political parties, former PM Nawaz Sharif has been the most prominent in extending support, surprisingly for the Sindhis, as top leadership of the PPP is relatively muted on the issue.

According to the Sindhi Press, when the Long March entered Thatta on March 24 the city observed a unique show of solidarity as thousands welcomed the marchers with slogans that gave General Musharraf the stark choice, between the Kalabagh Dam or Pakistan.

Chants of "Karballa, karballa, sindh lai karballa," "Pervez Musharaf ker Ailan, Dam khapey ya Pakistan," ringed the air. Thousands of political activists, lawyers and people from various walks of life staged a sit-in on the National Highway. Activists of the Awami Tehrik, Sindhiani Tehrik, People's Party Parliamentarians, Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party and Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz and members of the District Bar Association participated in the sit-in which resulted in suspension of vehicular traffic for over two hours.

On the occasion, AT Chief Rasool Bux Paleejo, PPP leader Babu Ghulam Hussain, Sindhiani Tehrik president Zahida Shaikh, educationist Aapa Maryam Majidi and others delivered speeches and Sarvaich Sujawali and Wasand Thari recited national songs.

Paleejo has been relentless and vivid in his remarks. He told the rally countries cannot survive on the basis of religion and appealed to the conscience of the Pakistani and South Asian people to raise their voice against the oppressive rule of Punjab. He accused General Musharraf and his group of committing dacoity on waters of the River Indus and said supply of water to Sindh had been stopped to create hatred between Sindh and Punjab. 

Paleejo has not been sparing the Sindhi feudal lords who are hand in glove with the Pakistan Army. "The General has hired the services of some feudals who had a track record of selling out for their petty interests," Paleejo thundered. However, he warned that the rulers must beware that 40 million people of Sindh would fight for their legitimate rights till the last drop of their blood.

The Sindhi leader accused Punjab of disregarding major water agreements, saying Chashma-Jhelum and Taunsa-Punjnad canals could not be opened without the consent of Sindh. He said undemocratic forces first took over the administration of the country by force and then initiated what he called the anti-Sindh Thal canal project. The vested interests are creating hatred and disharmony among the provinces and those leaders, who were betraying the people of the smaller provinces, would be taken to task.

On its 17th day men and women came out on the roads of Hyderabad to welcome the March participants. Workers of Anti-Greater Thal Canal Action Committee, Sindh Water Committee Pakistan People's Party, Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), Taraqi Pasand Party, Sindhi Adabi Sangat, Sindh Hari Committee, PPP (SB), JUI-F, Awami National Party, Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz, Sindh National Party, Sindh National Council and student of Sindh University, Mehran University, Tando Jam Agricultural University and LMC joined hands. 

More than 200 leading writers, intellectuals, water experts and journalists and several dozens lawyers were also marching with the protesters. Speakers, besides Mr Paleejo, included Ayaz Latif Palijo, Wishnoo Mal, Agah Shahabu Din, Dr. Dodo Maheri, Abrar Qazi, Zahida Shaikh, Mahboob Abro, Dilshad Bhutto, Parwano Bhatti, Nazeer Naz, Amanu laah Sial, Zafar Leghari, Tarik Khoso, Qadir Ranto, Husna Rahoojo, Jeejee Zareena Baloch, Taj Joyo, Dr. Khalil Qazi, Nazeer Memon and others.

Many of the fiery speakers warned that if any individual or party compromised on Kalabagh or any other dam, it will be declared a traitor to Sindh and its entry in rural areas would be banned by the Sindhi masses.

Paleejo received standing ovation when he said the people of the province were capable of resisting such moves if they were pushed any further. He accused General Musharraf of acting against national interests just to remain in power.

Awami Tehrik Central Leader Ayaz Latif Paleejo, an advocate, urged the leaders of all the parties to join in the efforts for the rights of Sindh. He warned western leaders that their endorsement of present rulers has encouraged them to destroy the fate of 40 million peace loving Sindhis. 

Admiring the role of Fazil Rahoo, Nazeer Abbasi, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Soreh Badshah Pagara, Murtaza Bhutto, Lala Asad, Ayaz Samon and others, the speaker urged living leaders of Sindh including Pir Pagara, Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, Asif Ali Zardari and Mumtaz Bhutto not to compromise and not to lose hope in the masses. They were urged to join the peace loving common Sindhis on roads, villages and in towns. 

Ayaz Paleejo condemned the brutal attitude towards Balochs and invited the Urdu speaking population to join hands with Sindhi masses against Kalabagh Dam. He asked Altaf Hussain and MQM to come forward and support the PONM's strike on 31st March. 

The role of the media in ignoring the Sindhi protest was also condemned. Specially mentioned were CNN, BBC, Geo, Indus and ARY satellite channels.

The peaceful but resolute march by the Sindhi nationalists for almost a month proves the inherent strength of their conviction and their commitment not to allow the Pakistan Army to play with their rights, just as Balochistan is already in flames and a fundamentalist wave has taken political control of the NWFP.

Analysts say with all the smaller provinces up in arms against the Center, General Pervez Musharraf has only Punjab to depend on and that may not be enough for him to continue on this war path for long.

 

 

 

BANGLADESH:  Sit-in strike in support of workers killed in sweatshop collapse

http://lnn.laborstart.org/more.php?id=450_0_1_0_M

Emotions run high as workers stage rally at site of disaster

http://nation.ittefaq.com/artman/publish/article_18734.shtml

Factory dispute ends with agreement

http://www.itglwf.org/displaydocument.asp?DocType=Press&Index=1184&Language=EN

Protest against attacks on journalists
http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=24601

Journalists rally after attack by police

http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=26636

http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=26633

Jute mill workers stage countrywide strike

The strike is over privatisation, government unresponsiveness, and other issues

http://financialexpress-bd.com/index3.asp?cnd=7/20/2005&section_id=5&newsid=6074&spcl=no

http://nation.ittefaq.com/artman/publish/article_20074.shtml

http://www.bharattextile.com/newsitems/1995758

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1172646.cms

http://nation.ittefaq.com/artman/publish/article_20108.shtml

http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/jul2005-daily/17-07-2005/business/b8.htm

One-day general strike after bombings

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4168226.stm

Strike in EPZ over harassment of female workers

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jul2005/labo-j30.shtm

Child workers protest against child labour

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jun2005/labo-j25.shtml

Protests over US Congressman's "bomb Mecca" remark

http://pc540.blogspot.com/2005/07/bangladeshis-protest-us-politicians.html

Labour rallies mark Mayday
http://nation.ittefaq.com/artman/publish/article_18075.shtml
Pro-opposition unions call off strike
http://nation.ittefaq.com/artman/publish/article_17476.shtml

 

SRI LANKA: Tamils protest over lack of tsunami relief

http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=14664

BBC services disrupted by strike

http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=14970

Graduates rally, demanding jobs

http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=15395

http://www.colombopage.com/archive/July16113800JV.html

Journalists march to protest killing of pro-rebel e-journalist

http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews/newsitem.asp?NEWSID=%7BDCBE5643-84A7-4355-951C-FD1F3D396CF3%7D&CATEGORYNAME=National

Strike by non-academic university staff reaches 1-month milestone, then ends as salary anomalies are addressed

http://www.colombopage.com/archive/July28112327UN.html

http://www.colombopage.com/archive/July28195752UN.html

http://www.colombopage.com/archive/July1540536UN.html

Graduates protest for jobs

http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=15395

Socialist May Day in Colombo

http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/04mayday01.html

http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/05/02srilanka.html

Timber and health workers protest

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jul2005/labo-j30.shtml

Teachers, graduate workers, cooperative workers, and university staff all stage protests

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jul2005/labo-j23.shtml

Health workers picket ministry against privatisation

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jul2005/labo-j16.shtml

Strike on Dunkeld estate over unpaid wages

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jul2005/lab-j02.shtml

Transport, university workers strike

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jul2005/lab-j02.shtml

Road workers protest for job security

Hotel workers picket over tsunami-linked sackings

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/aug2005/labo-a27.shtml

Sacked textile workers demand jobs

Health workers demand job security

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/aug2005/labo-a20.shtml

Development officers stage hunger strike to demand tsunami allowance

Transport workers stage sick-out over pay

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/may2005/labo-m28.shtml

Transport workers strike to demand unpaid salaries

Council workers demand tsunami allowance

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jun2005/labo-j25.shtml

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jun2005/labo-j18.shtml

Transport workers protest in Colombo

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jun2005/labo-j11.shtml

Farm workers strike, demanding promised raise

Postal workers picket; mineral workers stage hunger strike

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jun2005/labo-j04.shtml

Engineering and health workers walk out

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/may2005/lab-m21.shtml

Power and oil workers protest against privatisation

Train drivers strike for pay rise

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/may2005/labo-m07.shtml

Cooperative workers protest land grab

State workers protest over work irregularities

Transport workers strike over unpaid wages

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/apr2005/labo-a16.shtml

Supermarket workers demand government buyback

Surveyors strike over conditions

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/apr2005/lab-a23.shtml

Month-long university strike ends

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/aug2005/iutu-a03.shtml

Government workers protest over conditions

Power workers picket for outstanding salaries

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/aug2005/labo-a06.shtml

Tamils and Muslims protest racist remarks; journalists protest mistreatment

http://www.eians.com/stories/2005/08/08/08tam.shtml

Schools shut in protest against Tamil Tiger assassinations

http://www.colombopage.com/archive/October14130317JV.html

Fisherfolk protest over inadequate tsunami aid

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4372564.stm

Labour, political rallies across the
country mark Mayday
http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2005/05/01/pol01.html
Workers protest port privatisation plans
http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=197669&category=Frontend&Country=SRI%20LANKA
Strike threat prevents oil privatisation
http://au.news.yahoo.com/050329/3/tpeh.html
Rail wildcat strike wins reinstatement of manager
http://www.dailynews.lk/2005/04/06/news11.htm
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